AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL SHOWCASE CONFIRMED FOR SEPTEMBER 18 AT THE LISTENING ROOM IN NASHVILLE

FOLK ALLEY PREMIERES TITLE TRACK “BEST MEDICINE”

FULL-LENGTH STUDIO ALBUM BEST MEDICINE OUT OCTOBER 21 ON YEP ROC RECORDS

“…clearly these are players with chops, songwriters with a fierce command of their craft,”—NPR Music

I stumbled upon The Stray Birds in Raleigh last year. I say stumbled because I’d just found an excellent cafe** in Raleigh during the Wide Open Bluegrass festival and the band was playing right outside. Now I will have the opportunity to catch them again, just about twelve months later, when I head to Nashville this September.

The critically acclaimed trio will embark on a U.S. fall tour in support of its second full-length album Best Medicine. The tour will begin on September 18 in Nashville at the Americana Music Festival and Conference, with stops in Philadelphia, Duluth, Boston, and New York City, among others – full list of dates below.

In advance of the release on October 21 on Yep Roc Records, the first single, “Best Medicine,” premiered at folkalley.com.

Recorded at Stonebridge Studios in Leesburg, VA, the album was co-produced by the band and Stuart Martin and features twelve tracks, including ten original compositions and two traditional songs, “Pallet” and “Who’s Gonna Shoe.”

All classically trained and roots music-raised, the trio has spent the last several years honing their sound and touring extensively, including live performances on NPR’s Mountain Stage, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. Their Borderland EP was released in 2010, followed by the eponymous full-length debut The Stray Birds in 2012 and the Echo Sessions EP in 2013.